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Addams, Jane
(b. September 6, 1860; d. May 21, 1935) Reformer, advocate for peace and social justice, lecturer, and writer.
Jane Addams began her public career in 1889 as the co-founder and leader o...
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Jane Addams
Born September 6, 1860
Cedarville, Illinois
Died May 21, 1935
Chicago, Illinois
Founder of Hull-House and of modern social work
Jane Addams. Library of Congress.
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Addams, Jane (1860-1935)
Born in Illinois, Jane Addams is remembered as an influential social activist and feminist icon; she was the most prominent member of a notable group of female social reformer...
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Jane Addams
Born September 6, 1860 (Cedarville, Illinois)
Died May 21, 1935 (Chicago, Illinois)
Social worker
Jane Addams founded the pioneering social settlement of Hull House in Chicago in 1889. It ...
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Addams, Jane
Jane Addams (1860&#x2013;1935) is remembered primarily as the feisty American founder of the Settlement House Movement, which sought to challenge the industrial and urban order of the per...
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Jane Addams
Born September 6, 1860 Cedarville, Illinois Died May 21, 1935 Chicago, Illinois
Founder of Hull House and the Women&rsquo;s International League for Peace and Freedom
Jane Addams came fr...
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As social worker, reformer, and pacifist, Jane Addams (1860-1935) was the "beloved lady" of American reform. She founded the most famous settlement house in American history, Hull House in Chicago.Jan...
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(Laura) Jane Addams was a social reformer and a pacifist, a woman ahead of her time in realizing that caring intervention may be the best crime deterrent. She is known as the founder of Hull House in ...
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Jane Addams is best known for her efforts to further humanitarian reform and for founding Hull-House in 1889, a settlement house that grew to a complex of thirteen buildings covering an entire city bl...
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(Laura) Jane Addams (1860-1935), a social reformer, internationalist, and feminist, was the first American woman to win the Nobel prize for peace. Best known as the founder of Chicago's Hull House, on...
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